( Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS )Aiming to outshine the U.S. on the world stage isn’t exactly setting the bar high these days. And these two small countries are the main competitors if Justin Trudeau is to realize his dream of nabbing a seat for Canada on the United Nations Security Council. So why is Trudeau allowing Canada to be so offside with world opinion on the long-boiling Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Conventional wisdom has it that Canadian politicians take strong pro-Israel positions in order to please Canadian voters. Among Liberal voters, the negative view rises to 55 per cent while the positive drops to 22 per cent.

Source: thestar February 16, 2017 11:05 UTC